burhanr said:
A week or two ago, when I watched a recently purchased Doctor Who DVD.
burhanr said:
I mean,
-Games are pretty cheap in steam, and you dont have to swap the cd if you want to switch games. Also.. *cough file hosting websites have a pretty good download speed these days, if you know what i mean.
The Steam store is good for its special offers and older games, but new games are usually cheaper when purchased in retail. That said, if the game is still a Steamworks game, I'll likely never put the disc in the drive, since installing through my Internet connection can sometimes be the faster option. For non-Steamworks games, I'll obviously use the disc.
I don't pirate games.
burhanr said:
-Most softwares that you really need to use are now available from/on the internet(google docs, skype).
This is true. Most of my software purchases are made online, with digital distribution, and most of the software I use is some sort of freeware.
burhanr said:
-People who buy music (hah, thats a good one), would most likely bought it from itunes. LOL at popping an album cd just to hear it.
When I buy music, it's usually a full (physical) album from one of my favorite artists. That said, I've been purchasing a song here and there through Bandcamp recently. I'm not touching iTunes, out of fear that I'll catch some sort of Apple infection.
EDIT: I don't pop a CD in to listen to it, though. I pop it in to rip the songs to my harddrive, so I can shelf the disc until I need to re-rip the songs for some reason or another.
burhanr said:
-[moar generic statement on how cd/dvd/whatever-rom drive is obsolete]
DVD+Rs are excellent for backing up files, since magnetic storage isn't as safe. I'd like for Blu-ray discs to get cheaper, though, since they'd be a lot more practical.